The Fund for the Public Interest is a national non-profit organization that works to build support for progressive organizations across the country. We run campaigns for USPIRG, Environment America, the Human Rights Campaign, and Fair Share.

Currently in Seattle, we are working on a campaign to protect forests and wildlife in the North Cascades. Campaign staff will build membership for Environment Washington, educate and activate citizens to protect 230,000 acres of forests outside of North Cascades National Park, and generate political pressure on key elected officials by running phone banks.

Working with Environment Washington represents a fantastic opportunity to earn between $10-15/hr while working for a great cause, and gaining valuable communication and campaign leadership skills.

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Earlier this month, Professor Ernesto Alvarado spent two weeks in Havana, Cuba, as part of a team from the U.S. Forest Service, and he co-presented a paper on wildfires and climate change at the X International Convention on Environment and … Continue reading →

Coming up this September, the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS) will be hosting the annual meeting of the Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest (AHB) research consortium. Led by SEFS, AHB is comprised of university and industry partners across the … Continue reading →

Live on San Juan Island for one or both of these 5-week intensive lab and field marine biology courses offered at UW’s marine station, Friday Harbor Labs (FHL). Located on a 480-acre biological reserve, FHL has access to marine habitats … Continue reading →

For wildlifers who enjoy fishing or bird hunting, this year’s TWS Annual Conference in Winnipeg could be the perfect opportunity to land a trophy walleye or bag any number of waterfowl and upland game birds. A short trip outside the provincial capital city will quickly reveal some of the best angling and hunting in North America. Manitoba’s famous fall walle […]

The results are in from this year’s TWS Council elections: Congratulations to John McDonald, Mike Conner, Fidel Hernández and Art Rodgers! All four of them will be installed at the TWS Annual Conference in Winnipeg in October. Meet your new members of Council! John McDonald Vice President John McDonald’s vision for TWS is to gain wider recognition for the or […]